I am sure he is 100% behind the Defense of Marriage Bill, because we all know that it is Gays that destroy heterosexual marriage and not say an adulterous, philandering, douche-wad who can't even follow a simple court order to stay away from the home of the woman he cheated, lied too, and broke up the home of 4 their four children.

Who am I kidding this is SC and this douche-wad would be right at home in the Republican House.

timujin:I don't follow South Carolina politics well enough to really know, but in the previous thread on this several people were saying he was going to coast into a win. What happened?

Either the GOP is actually making some real efforts to rebuild their brand before 2014/2016 or they know something knew (perhaps linked to the trespassing) that is so incredibly embarrassing, they are dropping him in a panic.

His ex is pretty nice. If she wanted to she could pretty much ensure he never gets another political job again, but she's trying to stay classy about it. If I were her, I don't know if I'd be able to fully resist the temptation for revenge.

And didn't this dillweed marry his mistress? Why is he skulking around his ex-wife's house?

Bigger Leftist Intarweb Schlong:His ex is pretty nice. If she wanted to she could pretty much ensure he never gets another political job again, but she's trying to stay classy about it. If I were her, I don't know if I'd be able to fully resist the temptation for revenge.

And didn't this dillweed marry his mistress? Why is he skulking around his ex-wife's house?

He's engage to the mistress. She lives in Argentina still, I believe.

I believe his excuse for violating his restraining order and breaking into his ex-wife's house was that he wanted to watch football on the TV.

He's probably still going to coast to a win; the district he's running is strongly republican, IIRC.

Muta:Elegy: He's probably still going to coast to a win; the district he's running is strongly republican, IIRC.

Don't Republicans have strong feeling about family values? His cheating on his wife would fly in the face of those values.

Don't Republicans favor strong law-and-order candidates? Going against a restraining order would be illegal and not consistent with a law-and-order kinda guy.

"I will support sending a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the states for ratification ... I also pledge to uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse and respect for the marital bonds of others."

The Republicans are afraid because putting more bad issues with them in the spotlight is going to sink the only thing they have going for them: their stranglehold on the press. If they can't appear to be perfect or push the lie hard enough, they're dead in the water. And fighting dirty against someone with a popular show is going to sink them big.

Six months from now: Uh yeah, Mr. Security Guy, I was just watching the World Series in this congressional office building with some aides who were, uh, there all alone, and that's not, that's not right.

Republicans said they were caught off guard by news of Jenny Sanford's complaint. They worry other damaging revelations about Mark Sanford's personal life that they aren't aware of could come out in the coming weeks.

Translation: they are now aware of other things are likely to come out in the coming weeks and aren't going to waste another dime on this guy.

Why is everybody even making a big deal out of this? The GOP isn't distancing themselves from him. They know he is going to win and this is a pandering symbolic gesture for them to try to prove that they are the party of personal responsibility. Once he wins he will be right back in the fold with him.

Lando Lincoln:Republicans said they were caught off guard by news of Jenny Sanford's complaint. They worry other damaging revelations about Mark Sanford's personal life that they aren't aware of could come out in the coming weeks.

Translation: they are now aware of other things are likely to come out in the coming weeks and aren't going to waste another dime on this guy.

yeah the ex wife probably has more dirty laundry to air to sink his arse.

Satanic_Hamster:DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke: Republicans are virtually certain to recapture the seat in 2014 unless Liz Colbert Busch prove able to raise the dead, find Bigfoot, and win the Sprint Cup.

They don't need the vote in the House that badly and flushing this floater down permanently is worth sacrificing the seat until Jan, 2015.

Kinda hurts them state wide/nationally, though. Democrats can point and say "These are the types of people Republicans still believe should be in office."

I guess they could pitch it as, 'Send Sanford to Washington to keep him away from Jenny's house!' Law and order and the sanctity of property and all that.